Special friends

Last Updated Dec 1, 2018 8:00 AM EST Almost immediately after former President George H.W. Bush's death was announced late Friday night, his son, former President George W. Bush, issued a statement on behalf of the late president's children."Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro, and I are saddened to announce that after 94 remarkable years, our dear Dad has died. George H.W. Bush was a man of the highest character and the best dad a son or daughter could ask for. The entire Bush family is deeply grateful for 41's life and love, for the compassion of those who have cared and prayed for Dad, and for the condolences of our friends and fellow citizens." Former President ObamaFormer President Obama also weighed in, tweeting about Mr. Bush's life as "a testament to the notion that public service is a noble, joyous calling." He praised Bush's expansion of "America's promise to new immigrants and people with disabilities." And he commended "the example of a man who, even … [Read more...] about Family, friends, political adversaries and others react to George H.W. Bush’s death

Almost immediately after former President George H.W. Bush's death was announced late Friday night, his son, former President George W. Bush, issued a brief statement on behalf of the late president's children. "Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro, and I are saddened to announce that after 94 remarkable years, our dear Dad has died. George H. W. Bush was a man of the highest character and the best dad a son or daughter could ask for," George W. Bush's statement read. "The entire Bush family is deeply grateful for 41's life and love, for the compassion of those who have cared and prayed for Dad, and for the condolences of our friends and fellow citizens." And moments later, the secretary of state for the 41st president, James Baker III, who considered him a friend for over half a century, praised Bush's decades of service to the country not only as president, but also as vice president, CIA director, the first U.S. envoy to China and more. "In each and every one of these … [Read more...] about Family, friends, political adversaries react to George H.W. Bush’s death

If it’s fall, it must be time for a swanky private bash at Gillette Stadium — hosted, naturally, by Patriots owner Robert Kraft. And we hear that tonight — Tuesday — is the night. So, who’s the megastar said to be on tap to entertain Kraft’s nearest and dearest? Word is, none other than Sir Paul McCartney. The timing couldn’t be better. After all, Macca is on tour behind his latest album, “Egypt Station,” and just last week headlined Austin City Limits, playing a killer set for 60,000 fans. (The set list, according to Rolling Stone, included a little ditty called “Hey Jude” and “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite,” the latter in memory of the late Beatles’s engineer Geoff Emerick.) Tonight’s party at Gillette promises to be a more intimate affair, if past Kraft bashes are any indication. The 2016 party, headlined by The Rolling Stones, drew just 150 (very) special friends, … [Read more...] about Robert Kraft has a special guest coming to his private Gillette bash

Spain's former king Juan Carlos is once again in the spotlight after his alleged former mistress claimed he was involved in money laundering, sparking calls for an investigation. The scandal broke after two Spanish websites published recordings attributed to Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein in which she alleges Juan Carlos tried to hide money transfers and used her name to buy property in Monaco and Morocco. The German aristocrat, who is based in Monte Carlo, also said he told her he had moved money into the account of a cousin, Alvaro d'Orleans Bourbon, in Switzerland. In the recordings, which were released online last week, she claims he also pocketed money from a high-speed train contract with Saudi Arabia, saying he wanted money to divorce his wife Sofia and marry her. Several royal experts contacted by AFP said the voice in the recording was indeed that of Sayn-Wittgenstein. She has not denied that the voice in the recording is hers, instead issuing a statement … [Read more...] about Former Spanish king’s ‘special friend’ says he laundered money

POLITICS 05/16/2018 09:35 pm ET Stone is President Donald Trump's longtime friend and former campaign consultant. Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued two subpoenas to a social media expert who worked for longtime Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone during the 2016 presidential election campaign. The subpoenas were delivered late last week to lawyers representing Jason Sullivan, a social media and Twitter specialist Stone hired to work for an independent political action committee he set up to support Trump, Knut Johnson, a lawyer for Sullivan, told Reuters on Tuesday. The subpoenas suggest that Mueller, who is probing Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, is focusing in part on Stone and whether he might have had advance knowledge of material allegedly hacked by Russian intelligence and sent to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who published it. Stone appeared before the U.S. House of … [Read more...] about Special Counsel Hits Roger Stone’s Social Media Advisor With Subpoenas